रेक्णस्

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• ৰেক্ণস্ (Assamese script)
• ᬭᬾᬓ᭄ᬡᬲ᭄ (Balinese script)
• রেক্ণস্ (Bengali script)
• 𑰨𑰸𑰎𑰿𑰜𑰭𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀭𑁂𑀓𑁆𑀡𑀲𑁆 (Brahmi script)
• ရေက္ဏသ် (Burmese script)
• રેક્ણસ્ (Gujarati script)
• ਰੇਕ੍ਣਸ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌰𑍇𑌕𑍍𑌣𑌸𑍍 (Grantha script)
• ꦫꦺꦏ꧀ꦟꦱ꧀ (Javanese script)
• 𑂩𑂵𑂍𑂹𑂝𑂮𑂹 (Kaithi script)
• ರೇಕ್ಣಸ್ (Kannada script)
• រេក្ណស៑ (Khmer script)
• ເຣກ຺ຓສ຺ (Lao script)
• രേക്ണസ് (Malayalam script)
• ᡵᡝᡬᢏᠠᠰ᠌ (Manchu script)
• 𑘨𑘹𑘎𑘿𑘜𑘭𑘿 (Modi script)
• ᠷᠧᢉᢏᠠᠰ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧈𑧚𑦮𑧠𑦼𑧍𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐬𑐾𑐎𑑂𑐞𑐳𑑂 (Newa script)
• ରେକ୍ଣସ୍ (Odia script)
• ꢬꢾꢒ꣄ꢠꢱ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆫𑆼𑆑𑇀𑆟𑆱𑇀 (Sharada script)
• 𑖨𑖸𑖎𑖿𑖜𑖭𑖿 (Siddham script)
• රෙක‍්ණස් (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩼𑩔𑩜 𑪙𑩪𑪁 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚤𑚲𑚊𑚶𑚘𑚨𑚶 (Takri script)
• ரேக்ணஸ் (Tamil script)
• రేక్ణస్ (Telugu script)
• เรกฺณสฺ (Thai script)
• རེ་ཀྞ་ས྄ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒩𑒹𑒏𑓂𑒝𑒮𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨫𑨄𑨋𑩇𑨘𑨰𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *ráyknas (“property left, inheritance”), from Proto-Indo-European *lóykʷ-no-s, from *leykʷ- (“to leave”). Cognate with Avestan 𐬭𐬀𐬉𐬑𐬆𐬥𐬀𐬵 (raēxənah, “inheritance”), Proto-Germanic *laihną (“loan”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɾɐ́jk.ɳɐs/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ɾeːk.ɳɐs̪/

Noun

रेक्णस् • (rékṇas) stem, n

1. property left behind; legacy, inheritance; wealth, treasure
   • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 7.4.7:

     प॒रि॒षद्यं॒ ह्यर॑णस्य॒ रेक्णो॒ नित्य॑स्य रा॒यः पत॑यः स्याम ।

     pariṣádyaṃ hyáraṇasya rékṇo nítyasya rāyáḥ pátayaḥ syāma.

     The enemy's treasure may be won with labour: may we be masters of our own possessions.

Declension

Neuter as-stem declension of रेक्णस्

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	रेक्णः (rékṇaḥ)	रेक्णसी (rékṇasī)	रेक्णांसि (rékṇāṃsi)
vocative	रेक्णः (rékṇaḥ)	रेक्णसी (rékṇasī)	रेक्णांसि (rékṇāṃsi)
accusative	रेक्णः (rékṇaḥ)	रेक्णसी (rékṇasī)	रेक्णांसि (rékṇāṃsi)
instrumental	रेक्णसा (rékṇasā)	रेक्णोभ्याम् (rékṇobhyām)	रेक्णोभिः (rékṇobhiḥ)
dative	रेक्णसे (rékṇase)	रेक्णोभ्याम् (rékṇobhyām)	रेक्णोभ्यः (rékṇobhyaḥ)
ablative	रेक्णसः (rékṇasaḥ)	रेक्णोभ्याम् (rékṇobhyām)	रेक्णोभ्यः (rékṇobhyaḥ)
genitive	रेक्णसः (rékṇasaḥ)	रेक्णसोः (rékṇasoḥ)	रेक्णसाम् (rékṇasām)
locative	रेक्णसि (rékṇasi)	रेक्णसोः (rékṇasoḥ)	रेक्णःसु (rékṇaḥsu)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “रेक्णस्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 887, column 1.